I0& HEDGE S. 14. 



into the ditch ; while that colle<5ted by the dead 

 hedge, above, is not fu^icicnt to moiflen it to the 

 bottom ; which is, of courfe, deprived of the 

 benefit oi rain-water. Befides this want of 

 moifturc, the fuperincumbent weight of the 

 bank is inimical to the tender fibrils of the 

 young plants; and their progrefs, fo long as 

 they remain confined under th.e bank, and 

 cramped with its prclTure, is of courfe flow. 



But this difficulty once overcome; the roots 

 having once reached through the bank, and got 

 poffeffion of the adjoining inclofure; the plants 

 jlourilli amain; while thcjr principal roots bc- 

 . ing firmly and cooly fuuatcd, they continue 10 

 fiourilh, even in defiance of •■* buckftallins:" 

 and '^ out-holling." 



It is nor my defire to cenfure the pra(flic<?s of 

 Norfolk hufDandmcn ; much lefs my intentioa 

 to aiai generally, at their infiruclion : I rather 

 hope to diffcminate over the Ifland the excel- 

 lencies of their management: neverthelcfs, 

 Norfolk, as every other Difirid: I have yet vi- 

 fitcd, has irs prejudices, and its want of pej/^c^ 

 iio/jy in particular departments of management. 

 It may however be faid, and I believe with flricl 

 juilice, that no Diilrift has fczi-cr imperfections 



than 



